The popularity of volleyball is soaring in Osaka Prefecture once again. Excitement is especially high for men’s volleyball teams such as the Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and the Osaka Bluteon. Ran Takahashi ...

Japan’s third-largest city, Osaka, is set to become a testing ground for AI-driven, extended reality (XR) urban environments.

During his latest trip to Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi assisted in ...

Experience the architectural diversity of Osaka, featuring iconic structures by renowned Japanese and international architects.

As forecasting is not always that precise, nature photographers often want to get a jump on the full-bloom schedule by ...

A court found the assailant guilty of attempted murder in the 2023 attack on Fumio Kishida, then prime minister.

A Japanese court has convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 ...

Coral Expeditions has three 14-night Through the Heart of Japan departures in 2025: October 4, October 18 and November 2.

KATSUURA, Chiba -- A total of about 20,000 "hina" dolls will decorate various locations in this eastern Japan city during the ...

Rehoming a pet can be a heart-wrenching decision, but sometimes, life circumstances leave us with no other option. Finding pet-friendly apartments in Japan can be difficult, limiting options for ...

Osaka has a delightful mix of cherry blossom viewing locations that offer a representative slice of midwestern Japan with historical sites, modern neighborhoods, and mountainous surroundings. Cherry ...

TAKAMATSU -- "Children's cafeterias" that offer free or low-cost meals to kids now number over 10,000 across Japan, the most ever, with the growth rate highest in the western prefecture of Tokushima .